Bangladesh batsman Tamim Iqbal beat competition from established stars such as Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and Jacques Kallis to be named the Wisden Cricketer magazine's 'World Test Player of the Year'.
Tamim heads a field of exceptional performers, beating England offspinner Graeme Swann into second place and Sehwag into third.
The accolade completes a remarkable double success for Bangladesh which has now produced successive Test Players of the Year, with former captain Shakib-Al-Hassan taking the award in 2009.
Tamim scored 837 runs at 59.78 in seven Tests during 2010, despite his team failing to win a single one of them during the year.
"Batting with a bulldozer mentality that drew rightful comparisons with the mighty Virender Sehwag, Tamim took the attitude that all bowlers were there to be destroyed, irrespective of method or reputation. Though his highest score of 151 came against India at Dhaka back in January, his finest performances were reserved for an England attack that put all other opponents in their pockets during a remarkable and unbeaten 18 months," the magazine wrote in its citation for the batsman.

Congrats, TI. Now, put your head down and aim for the next landmark - maintaining consistency both in Test and ODIs.

Tokai

October 14, 2010, 09:33 AM

Today, I officially declare Bangladesh to take off the minnow tag. Mark the day, buddy, Mark the day.

Rabz

October 14, 2010, 09:33 AM

Just the beginning for us.
Well done Tamim. Congrats.

Can we make a hattrick next year ?

nakibahmed

October 14, 2010, 09:46 AM

Today, I officially declare Bangladesh to take off the minnow tag. Mark the day, buddy, Mark the day.

absolutely!

Man,looking back at today,i believe we've taken the next step to being a superpower in our noble sport...man,**** like this can make one cry..

WarWolf

October 14, 2010, 10:03 AM

Today, I officially declare Bangladesh to take off the minnow tag. Mark the day, buddy, Mark the day.
Ha ha. Bhyia you don't need to declare anything. If Bangladesh plays well it will automatically be stripped off.

kalpurush

October 14, 2010, 10:09 AM

Comgrats Tamim. You made us proud.

Now get ready to get the WC 2011 for us:)

lamisa

October 14, 2010, 10:33 AM

i feel as if i will surely faint of happiness.can't take so much joy at a tiime!

Rinathq

October 14, 2010, 10:55 AM

Congrats Tamim. And they say we are not qalified for tests?? We have the best test batsman in the team!!! :)

Tamim Iqbal, Bangladesh's talismanic opener, has been named Test Player of the Year by the Wisden Cricketer magazine.

On the day his team-mates recorded Bangladesh's first series win against top-flight opposition - by beating New Zealand - Tamim beat contenders Graeme Swann and Virender Sehwag, who came second and third.

During the qualifying period Tamim made 837 runs at 59.78 in seven Tests, despite his team failing to win a single Test during the year. He made 151 against India at Dhaka back in January but the highlight of the year was a pair of hundreds at Lord's and Old Trafford against a potent England attack in May and June.

The award is calculated by the marks out of 10 that the Wisden Cricketer's reporters give each player at every Test and is the second successive time a Bangladesh player has won the award after Shakib Al Hasan won last year.

Tamim is currently recovering from surgery on his wrist that had ruled him out of the New Zealand series.

Tamim and Shak gonna dominate this decade
but we still few more
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nycpro96

October 14, 2010, 03:59 PM

Oh yeah. He deserves it.:D

nakibahmed

October 14, 2010, 04:30 PM

The award is calculated by the marks out of 10 that the Wisden Cricketer's reporters give each player at every Test and is the second successive time a Bangladesh player has won the award after Shakib Al Hasan won last year.

And Bangladesh is supposed to be unworthy of playing tests..

Rifat

October 14, 2010, 04:37 PM

no arguments here :) Thoroughly deserved!

cricket_king

October 14, 2010, 05:22 PM

Congrats to my boy. He will finish as one of the greats, I'm sure of it. :flag:

RazabQ

October 14, 2010, 05:28 PM

In today's PA, US mentioned that while BD was touring (and losing at) NZ last year, two players kept telling him, "yeah they are all big in their own home conditions, just let them come to our turf and we can beat this team". Those two? TIK and Shak.

Zobair

October 14, 2010, 05:48 PM

Congrats! thoroughly deserved...early days still! Sustaining this level of performance is the next challenge :)

utter nonsense in my opinion...look what cricket has come to...never even heard of this bloke...no disrespect but players like tendulkar, gambhir, sehwag, watson.etc have come up against sterner tests and i feel that wisden needs to adopt a new method before giving out these awards...this one is a howler!!!!

In today's PA, US mentioned that while BD was touring (and losing at) NZ last year, two players kept telling him, "yeah they are all big in their own home conditions, just let them come to our turf and we can beat this team". Those two? TIK and Shak.

kept telling who?

Zunaid

October 14, 2010, 07:33 PM

kept telling who?

US = Utpal Shuvro

Dilscoop

October 14, 2010, 07:49 PM

oh. Thanks for clearing that up :)

I couldn't make out what he meant by US.

FagunerAgun

October 14, 2010, 08:18 PM

Congrats, Tamim, you are really missed.

lamisa

October 15, 2010, 05:12 AM

county,here comes tamim!!!!

Zeeshan

October 15, 2010, 05:13 AM

here's my john hancock

lamisa

October 15, 2010, 05:17 AM

what's wrong with all these indian and pakistani fans?

simon

October 15, 2010, 05:49 AM

what's wrong with all these indian and pakistani fans?

they r jealous,not all but many though.:-|
the Pak fans are mostly pathetic.

Tiger Manc

October 15, 2010, 10:11 AM

Well done Tamim you've made it 2 in a row for us!! Great performances with the bat never seen before in our history! Now Shuvo will make it 3 in a row next year!

shakibrulz

October 15, 2010, 10:35 AM

Well done Tamim you've made it 2 in a row for us!! Great performances with the bat never seen before in our history! Now Shuvo will make it 3 in a row next year!
:lol:

Tiger Manc

October 15, 2010, 10:40 AM

^^^ you laugh now, but just like the guy who opened the 'if bangladesh beat new zealand by 5-0' thread, Shuvo will prove you wrong. We'll see what happens in a years time.

DJ Sahastra

October 15, 2010, 11:27 AM

Big Congratulations to Tamim. As someone rightly said, he should take this as a start to a bigger career.

As someone who supports and follows BD cricket, i am not entirely convinced that this awards are for cricketing reasons alone. For that matter, i am not convinced that Tamim deserved this award on merit alone. Probably, this award has been bestowed on him keeping the overall context that may include along with his scores, the impact of his innings on his own team's morale if not fortune, and the building of a role model for the current and future BD players to look at, for inspiration. He is one player who had definitely made even the quality opponents wary - and that has resulted ina fundamental change at how the opposition looks at BD team now.

roman

October 15, 2010, 11:32 AM

they r jealous,not all but many though.:-|
the Pak fans are mostly pathetic.
Some indians are not that Shadhu either...

Beamer

October 15, 2010, 11:42 AM

Plus, doing well against England doesn't hurt your cause to get noticed by Wisden. Tamim had a phenomenal time against England, home and away, tests and ODIs. At one point, he had something like 5 consecutive 50+ innings. Nasser Hussain is in love with him. That helps too !

shakibrulz

October 15, 2010, 11:44 AM

^^^ you laugh now, but just like the guy who opened the 'if bangladesh beat new zealand by 5-0' thread, Shuvo will prove you wrong. We'll see what happens in a years time.
For that first shuvo has to play test matches right? E-)

Let him perform consistently in more ODIs, before even considering him into the test squad :D

akabir77

October 15, 2010, 06:50 PM

did you guys know circinfo had to remove the comment section because of Indian bashing him and bd so much in the article section!!!

Purbasha T

October 15, 2010, 07:36 PM

lol, ga joltese na ki bolen

Ajfar

October 15, 2010, 07:38 PM

Tamim picked the perfect 2 opposition to show off his class- India & England. Had it been a team like NZ, well most likely it would have gone unnoticed.

BANFAN

October 16, 2010, 12:30 AM

Well deserved. It's understandable, the reasons for fury of Ind and Pak fans are genuine ... Beating shehwag for this isnt easy to digest and Pak for not having a contender at all... ;)

Dilscoop

October 16, 2010, 12:47 AM

Tamim picked the perfect 2 opposition to show off his class- India & England. Had it been a team like NZ, well most likely it would have gone unnoticed.